… In partnership with Friends of the Chicago River, the Garden invites you to participate in a rare opportunity to canoe the lakes of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Herons, ducks, small fish, and maybe even a few … enjoy a full hour canoeing the lakes of the Garden. Children must be at least five years old to participate. The fee is per boat, with a maximum of three participants per boat. Friends of …
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… and autumn. QUICKTIME™ violas are free flowering and mounded plants that quickly grow to 6 inches tall and wide in the spring and are covered with small pansy like flowers. Uniform blue petals surround the darker halo encasing the yellow eye. This viola flowers up to two weeks earlier than other cultivars with a heavier production of flowers. Plant in full … balanced, fertilization throughout the spring and again in fall. Attracts pollinating insects to the garden. 2021 – Ball Horticultural featured plants @ Chicago Botanic Garden …
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… The flowers of 'Fancy Frills' open white and slowly mature to pink with white fringe along the edges and base. This cultivar originated in the Netherlands, … like many other groups, need at least six weeks of consistently cold temperatures in order to complete their lifecycle and bloom reliably in following years. Hot temperatures signal the plant to enter summer dormancy immediately. Rarely does the Chicago area have the consistently cool …
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… Korean Maple or Ussuri Maple. This small tree (30 feet in height at maturity) is native to east Asia. It is not picky about soil conditions. It adds color to the landscape with bright red stems and yellow fall foliage. …
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… Virgin's bower is a sprawling vine that is well adapted to support from a wall or large shrub in the garden. Blooming during the dog days of summer with frothy masses of small white flowers, it continues to provide ornamental interest with feathery fruits that appear in fall and persist well into …
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… Orange flowers on tall spikes appear from July to October above the maroon chocolate colored leaves with the bright white spines along their … recurve strongly creating almost a ball effect. Plant in full sun and water only as needed to keep the leaves bright and plump. …
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… Geum 'Fuzzy Navel’ stands 32 inches high and blooms from mid May to early July with 1” yellow flowers that face outward. The flowers are held on thin wiry stems above a clump of green basal leaves. Plant it in full sun to partial shade. It is hardy in zones 4- 8. …
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… Transport yourself to the South of France. Instructor and lifelong Francophile Emily Paster will demonstrate how to put together a perfect picnic menu featuring Provençal flavors and ingredients. Recipes …
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… This bulb is similar to the nodding star-of-Bethlehem ( Ornithogalum nutans ) except that if sited where it grows … white flowers grow in umbels, radiating from a central point on the flower stem. It may reseed to the point of being invasive. …
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… This beautiful shrub grows up to 12 feet high with full sun and moderately moist soil conditions. From May through October, it … fragrant yellow and white blooms. The climbing habit can be trained on a trellis or allowed to arch up and over, creating an architectural element in the landscape. …
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